AHC: A British Republic

As a British citizen I can explain why we have kept our monarchy.

Although the monarchy is the defacto head of state (and of several other states) the monarch has very little actual power. Though they could appoint a Prime Minister they would face public outcry.

An intresting point is that the armed forces swear alligence to his/her majesty, meaning that the army is under control of the king/queen. The monarch can order the troops to stand down from military operations, or even tell them to march on Westminster should the situation require it.

I can explain why Britain is still a monarchy in two words. Oliver Cromwell.

More seriously though, I think the chances of Britain becoming a republic in the 20th century are pretty slim with a post 1900 PoD.
 
Where's your proof for calling Wallis Simpson a card carrying Nazi? At most she and Edward were Nazi sympathisers - but in pre-WW2 Britain that was hardly unusual.
Try these:-

Evans, Rob; Hencke, David (29 June 2002), "Wallis Simpson, the Nazi minister, the telltale monk and an FBI plot", This was a Guardian article, so it will still be in their archives.


Williams, Susan (2004), The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication, New York: (Palgrave Macmillan)


There is also an FBI file which was released under the US FOI laws, but it has since been removed...


In addition there are the persistent runours that she had affairs with both Count Ciano (Mussolinis son-in-Law) and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Having seen many photographs of her, I cannot believe that these relationships involved sex. That only leaves espionage....
 
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